Radhanath Swami Quotes

The spiritual commitment is to make every situation an object of devotional connection.

A life of prayer is a life whose litanies are ever fresh acts of self-devoting love.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

As for methods of prayer, all of them are good as long as they are sincere.

Worship isn't an event to attend & watch. It's a lifestyle to be lived.

I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart.

Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee

The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.

The life of a good man is a continual prayer.

Prayer can never be in excess.

Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarecely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication.

Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service.

Let only that little be left of me whereby I may name thee my all. Let only that little be left of my will whereby I may feel thee on every side, and come to thee in everything, and offer to thee my love every moment. Let only that little be left of me whereby I may never hide thee. Let only that little of my fetters be left whereby I am bound with thy will, and thy purpose is carried out in my life--and that is the fetter of thy love.

Prayer should not be merely an act, but an attitude of life.

In order that knowledge may not run riot, the author of the Gita has insisted on devotion accompanying it and has given it the first place.

For the person who loves God, worship is the daily bread of patience.

Do not forget Him but think on Him often. Adore Him continually. Live and die with Him. This is the glorious work of a Christian; in a word, this is our profession. If we do not know it, we must learn it.

You can know everything that the books have to say, but ultimately it boils down to whether we do the inner work of devotion and surrender, whether we can put aside our own agendas and allow the spirit to move through us.

Pray to God and say the lines.

Remember God so much that you are forgotten. Let the caller and the called disappear; be lost in the Call.

We read of preaching the Word out of season, but we do not read of praying out of season, for that is never out of season.

Remember to pray fervently.

Unless we perform divine service with every willing act of our life, we never perform it at all.

I desire no other proof of Christianity than the Lord's Prayer.

He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.